"EC0-FRIENDLY PAPER PACKING (BED ROLL COVER)

Special Eligibility Criteria

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   For being eligible for a regular/developmental order(s), tenderers must have Relevant past performance as defined below:- Relevant Past Performance orders: A. Bulk Order: Bulk order will be placed on the firm(s) having proven past performance. The manufacturer must have satisfactory past performance in Indian Railways for supply of tendered item for a minimum 20% of tendered quantity against a single order within original delivery period/re-fixed delivery period during the last three completed Financial Years (i.e., 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25) and the part of the current Financial Year up to the date of tender closing. B. Developmental Order: Developmental Order will be placed on firm(s) having credentials of similar item i.e. packing covers of different drawings /dimensions. Order date should not be earlier than 01.04.2021. Note: Total Developmental order quantity will not be more than 20% of the net procurable quantity. C. Firms shall submit the supply performance credentials documents such as R- Note, CRN, CRAC, Third-Party Inspection Certificate along with proof of delivery etc. along with the bid & test reports pertaining to uploaded supply performance credentials only of Govt./NABL accredited lab complying to the IS standard of the product. Non- submission of such vital documents shall be taken as their not having any such past performance and their offer will be summarily rejected without any back reference.

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Commercial-Compliance

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   Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for stores Tenders: 1.1: EMD shall be submitted by tenderer as specified in tender schedule, along with their online offer. There shall be no exemption from submission of EMD for any tender or by any tenderer except those exempted following: a] EMD shall normally not be called against Limited Tenders with estimated value up to Rs. 25 Lakhs (including Single tenders, Global limited tenders) (b) Micro & small Enterprises (MSEs) registered for the tendered item (c) Other Railways and Government Departments (d) Indian ordinance Factories (e) PSUs owned by Ministry of Railways and PSUs for the group of items that are manufactured by them in terms of Railway (f) Vendors registered with Railways for the trade group of the item tendered (g) Vendors appearing on the approved vendor lists of RDSO/PUs/CORE, subject to approval status being valid on the date of tender closing. (h) Vendors registered with Railways for supply of medicine, medical equipments and consumables shall be exempted from submission of EMD for these items. (i) In tenders issued against PAC, OEM in whose favour PAC has been issued shall be exempted from submitting EMD. (j) KVIC and ACASH shall be exempted from EMD for items supplied by them. 1.2: Offers submitted without EMD shall be summarily rejected. 1.3: EMD amount will be as (Rounded off to nearest higher Rs 10 (Ten)- (i) For Estimated value of tender above Rs. 25 Lakhs and upto Rs. 50 Cr. EMD will be @2% of the estimated value of the tender subject to Max. Rs 20 Lakhs (ii) For Estimated value of tender above Rs. 50 Cr. EMD will be Rs. 50 Lakhs. 1.4: All vendors exempted from submission of EMD as per above paras, shall be required to sign a bid security declaration in IREPS as follows- I/we hereby understand and accept that if I/we withdraw of modify my/or bid during the period of validity, of if I/we are awarded the contract and on being called upon to submit the performance security/Security Deposit, fail to submit the performance security/Security Deposit before the deadline defined in the request for bid document /Notice Inviting Tender, I/we shall be debarred from exemption of submitting Bid Security/Earnest Money Deposit and performance security/Security Deposit for a period of 6 (six) months, from the date I/we are declared disqualified from exemption from submission of EMD/SD, for all tenders for procurement of good issued by any unit of India Railways published during this period.

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   Security Deposit : SD will be applicable as per para 0600 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version - 14 of June 2024 and clause no. 3.4 of IRS Condition of Contract, 2025. Bank Guarantee: As per proforma given in Annexure-5 of Western Bid Document (Indigenous purchase), version 14 of June2024. Note:- Offers from firms not exempted and denying to pay Security Deposit will be summarily rejected.

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   LD for delayed supplies: Recovery of Liquidated Damages shall be levied @ 1/2 % (Half percent) of the value of the delayed stores per week or part of week during which delivery is accepted .The upper limit for recovery of LD in supply contracts shall be 10% of the value of stores delayed, irrespective of delays, unless otherwise specifically provided in the contract.
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   Make in India policy shall be applicable as per para 1800 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version-14 of June 2024. Bidders to submit details of location(s) where local value addition is made. In case no details are furnished, it will be presumed that the indicated works address(es) of manufacturing in India are the location(s) of local value addition.

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   MSE: The purchase preference to MSEs shall be considered as per para 1700 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version -14 of June 2024. Notes:- i). Criteria for classification of Enterprises based on investment and turnover vide Gazette Notification dated 26.06.2020, as amended time to time, issued by the Ministry of MSME is applicable in the tender. In case conditions contained in above notification contradict with any of the tender conditions, conditions contained in above notification, as amended, will prevail. ii). As per extant guidelines an enterprise registered as MSE firm with any other organization under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises shall register itself under UDYAM Registration for getting MSE benefit under this clause. Classification of Enterprise as Micro, Small or Medium Enterprise shall only be considered on the basis of UDYAM Certificate. Vendors claiming to avail benefits and preferential treatment extended to Micro and Small Enterprises (MESs) must necessarily upload relevant documents with their offer. i. e. complete UDYAM certificate indicating social status of the MSE. iii). MSE benefit will not be applicable for the traders/authorized dealers/agents. iv). Vendors claiming MSE benefits/preferential treatment, despite upward re- classification, must upload document confirming their MSE status within a span of 03 years preceding from the date of closing of the tender, else status of such vendors shall not be considered as MSE.

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   Warranty/Guarantee: As per IRS Condition of contract (or) as per technical specification, whichever is longer shall be applicable.

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   Procurement from Authorized Agents/Dealers/Distributors: : Procurement from Authorized Agents/Dealers/Distributors etc. shall be as per para 0400 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version- 14 of June 2024. a) OEMs should quote directly preferably or an OEM can authorize and give Tender Specific Authorization (TSA) to its Agent / Dealer to quote on their behalf similar to proforma attached as Annexure-2. b) The Authorized Dealer/Agent should upload valid tender specific authorization, along with the offer, failing which their offer is liable to be passed over. c) Trader/Authorized Dealer should mention name of Manufacturer, make and complete address in their bid for inspection of material at OEM works. d) In a tender, either the authorized agent/dealer on behalf of the Principal/OEM or the Principal/OEM itself can bid, but both cannot bid simultaneously for the same item in the same tender and such bids will be summarily rejected. e) Further, against a particular tender, one Principal/OEM should not issue Tender Specific Authorization to more than one agent/ dealer. Such offers will be treated as ambiguous offers, the bidder(s) or their Principal/OEM will have no right to lodge any claim and such bids will be summarily rejected. f) If an authorized agent/dealer submits bid on behalf of a Principal/OEM, the same agent/dealer shall not submit a bid on behalf of another Principal/OEM in the same tender for the same item/product and such bids will be summarily rejected. g) In case tenderer participate as an authorized agent, then the performance as required above shall be that of the Principal, authorizing the agent. It may so happen that the agent has credentials of past supply for a different Principal but this will not be considered as performance for placing bulk order in case of change of Principal.

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   Land Border Conditions : A bidder from a country which shares a land border with India will be eligible to bid only if the bidder is registered with Competent Authority as specified in Para 1810 and Annexure 7 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version -14 of June 2024. Note:- In compliance of restriction under Rule 144(xi) of GFR-2017, bidders must submit the self declaration certificate as specified in Annexure-8 attached with Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version -14 of June 2024, reproduced below: 1. " I have read the clause regarding restrictions on procurement from a bidder of a country which shares a land border with India, I certify that; This bidder is not from such a country. OR If from such a country, has been registered with the Competent Authority. I hereby certify that the bidder fulfils all requirements in this regard and is eligible to be considered. " 2. I have read the clause regarding restrictions on procurement from a bidder having Transfer of Technology (TOT) arrangement. I certify that this bidder does not have any TOT arrangement requiring registration with the competent authority." OR "I have read the clause regarding restrictions on procurement from a bidder having Transfer of Technology (TOT) arrangement. I certify that this bidder has valid registration to participate in this procurement." (Tick whichever is applicable, and also where applicable, evidence of valid registration by the Competent Authority shall be attached). If the bidder fails to give above mentioned declaration along with the offer, then it will be considered that the contents of above declaration have been read and unconditionally agreed and accepted by the tenderer. If the tenderer are not agreeable to this declaration they have to categorically mention about the disagreement in Techno Commercial Deviation.

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   Goods and Services Tax (GST): As per clause 0906 of WESTERN RAILWAY Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version -14 of June 2024 attached with the tender. All tenderers to quote HSN code and corresponding GST rates for the item/items quoted.

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    In case the successful tenderer is not liable to be registered under CGST/IGST/UTGST/SGST Act, the Railway shall deduct the applicable GST from his/their bills under Reverse Charge mechanism (RCM) and deposit the same to the concerned tax authority.

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    Bidders shall also give declaration as below:- I/We agreed to pass on such additional input tax credit as may become available in future under GST scheme, in respect of all the inputs used in the manufacturing and/or supply of final goods/services on the date of supply by way of reduction in price and advise the purchaser accordingly.

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    Delivery: The delivery period shall be reckoned from the date of issue of PO /Letter of Advance Acceptance/ Letter of Acceptance as the case may be
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    Delivery is to be made on FOR-Destination basis only adhering to para 2100 of Western Railway Bid Document (Indigenous Purchases), Version-14 of June 2024. In case of road delivery, the date of delivery at destination (consignee's end) shall only be treated as date of delivery irrespective of F.O.R. / F.O.T. condition mentioned elsewhere in the contract / tender.
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    Please enter the percentage of local content in the material being offered. Please enter 0 for fully imported items, and 100 for fully indigenous items. The definition and calculation of local content shall be in accordance with the Make in India policy as incorporated in the tender conditions.

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General Instructions

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   The inter-se ranking of bids will be arrived on FOR Destination basis only.
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   Any unusual conditions quoted in the bid will not be acceptable.
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   Packing & Marking: Firm to mark their name and month/year of manufacturing as per drawing wherever indicated. In case the drawing does not indicate the same, it should be provided at location where it should not affect the use of the item and it should not get obliterated while in use. Firm to note that single use plastic should not be used in packing of material to be supplied otherwise it will be rejected.
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   Collect back scheme for packing waste under SWM: Collection of non- biodegradable solid waste after successful delivery of the product / material from consignee place will be arranged by the supplier.

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   Validity of Offer: No deviation from the offer validity period stipulated in the tender is permitted.

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   This tender is on firm price basis. No price variation will be acceptable